Female: Forehead anterior prosome rounded, dorsal eyes spaced apart, no lateral cephalic hooks; last metasome segment asymmetric, extending further back on left, with small lateral points; internal to the points the segment curves outwards to the level of the points. Urosome 3-segmented with left dorsal surface uneven, lined and notched, furca broad and almost symmetrical. Exopodite with 3 outer marginal spines, terminating in a bifurcated end, endopodite small.

Male: In dorsal view posterior metasome segment pointed, rounded in lateral view; urosome 5-segmented. The right leg claw like with a short triangular thumb on the first exopodite segment, terminating in a spine which is as long as the preceding segment.

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